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‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ [‎180r] (370/608)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (294 folios). It was created in 2 Mar 1929-9 Jul 1933. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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State tills is no baa. tiling - as %tm late Uiv Ku^ii Biscoe
psintsa out* iie is# 1 tiiina* ^tnuineXy loyaX to , ana
prefers i.n..,! itmtuen to stmr £^rei^nmr» 9 Out nis io^ t.at^ nss
been Tory iU^nl^ tried 'ey wh&i he considers our failure to
assist him both in the aatt-er of his date ^ardosis and ibn
ud 1 » blocicadet an. there haee been incidents lately - as
both Colonel ioeson and I agree • which show that he is
trying to ‘Keep in* unefi:ielsJuy ana sub rosa with both JNejd
and Iraq* ^o.r do 1 see now he can m feJUused lor this* lt $
in his opinion* his M^ssty 1 * Government will not - or easinst
f i ,&% his bottles for him, he sees no w&y but to resort to
secret diplomacy In order to placate his powerful neighbours*
3. the questions on which h« feels most strati ly are
tne two mmtimmd above* X found it difficult to any
satisfactory replies,1 that is to say replies which would
appear to him satisfactory }, in answer to his queries as to why
His Majesty** Government did net assist him as to the B1 ocKade
via V vis bn fc-,ud # and as to his date gardens vis a vis
Iraq* he stated that in both cases he relied on the assurances
of assistance and prmises of His majesty** Governmenti in
regard to the former the assurances conveyed to him following
v on the Geer tary of dtate for the Colo«ie» , telegram ol
2bth July 19 29 to the iolitioal Hesident, ana in regard to
the latter the promises contained in Colonel nox* o letter
dated 14th Bhilhijjah 1332 (3rd aovesaber I9i4i* He
pointed out that in the matter of his own blockade in 1929-30
sgal net Xbn Banish ami. tne other rebels against Ibn Bruti,
enjoined on him by His Kajssty** Covenment, m was helping
to bill and starve into surrender tribes - the Mstair - for
example - who thou Jo nominally ibn Gaud’s subject* were from
old times really under Kuwait, isany of whom - including
ibn .jawish himself - being old friends and playmates of his*
He

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Papers concerning relations between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia), and a trading blockade imposed on Kuwait by the King of Hejaz and Nejd (from September 1932, the King of the Arab Sa’udite Kingdom [Saudi Arabia]) ‘Abdul ‘Aziz bin ‘Abdur Rahman al-Faisal [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)].

The volume includes:

Some of the volume’s correspondence is in Arabic, accompanied by English translations.

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1 volume (294 folios)
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The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 294; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers; nor does it include the six leading and ending flyleaves.

Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 3-294; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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